JONI MITCHELL: BOTH SIDES NOW: A POET'S LAMENT

TO BE A GREAT ARTIST, YOU ONLY HAVE TO HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK NOW AND THEN.

HERE'S JONI, NOW (WELL 2000):



AN THEN:



GREAT.

A BETTER SONG THEN, AND A BETTER POEM NOW...

But now old friends are acting strange
They shake their heads, they say I've changed
Well something's lost, but something's gained
In living every day

I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all